Posts Categorized Community

Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing for Creatives

In Community, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, SXSW on 12 March 2008 with 2 comments

At SXSW Interactive 2008, I delivered a talk called Weird Turn Pro: Crowdsourcing for Creatives. I promised to put my slides up afterward, so here they are on SlideShare. You can also read recaps thanks to Katie and Noor.

Thanks for coming, SXSW! I had a great time and I hope you did too.

Rule 1 for Collaborative Media: Ask First

In Business, Community, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, Internet, Justice, Photography, Technology on 17 December 2007 with 27 comments

Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell.
Lane Hartwell is a fantastic photographer. She recently went full-time with her photography career.
A few weeks ago, an acapella group called the Richter Scales did a parody of Billy Joel’s song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” with new lyrics about the internet. They made a music […]

NaBloPoMo Q&A 2: Identities and Pants

In Community, Interviews, NaBloPoMo, Q&A on 3 November 2007 with 5 comments

Nikol Hasler, from the awesome Midwest Teen Sex Show, which is not what you think it is, asked:
Since so much of what you do has to do with a social network of screen names, could you discuss intelligent ways of speaking with all of these people while maintaining some sort of life? What is the […]

No Spectators

In Business, Community, Crowdsourcing, Geek, Internet, Technology on 19 October 2007 with 3 comments

It’s difficult to remember now, but there was a time when companies looked at the internet and made a ponderous decision about whether or not they wanted to participate. I remember having a serious debate with a museum in Santa Cruz in 1995 about why they should have a website. They ultimately decided to go […]

Did Assignment Zero Work?

In Community, Crowdsourcing, Journalism, Writing on 16 July 2007 with 4 comments

As powazek.com readers know, I participated in Assignment Zero’s Interview Week over the last few months. Jeff Howe, who coined the word “crowdsourcing,” has a piece in Wired today with the provocative headline: Did Assignment Zero Fail? A Look Back, and Lessons Learned.
It’s a frank assessment with many insights that should be required […]

Clue Unit Interview

In Business, Community, Internet, Interviews on 26 June 2007 with Comments Off

A few weeks ago I had a great conversation with Jake, Lee, and Chris for their Clue Unit podcast about People-Powered Products. The interview is online now and I think it came out pretty good. You can even hear the N-Judah rumble by outside. Check it!
Clue Unit #20: A Conversation with Derek Powazek - June […]

TOC: That Was Fun!

In Community, Conferences on 20 June 2007 with 5 comments

Thanks to the nice folks at O’Reilly for including me in the TOC (Tools of Change) conference, and thanks to everyone who showed up! There was a young man who asked a very smart question at the end. I think his name was Tim. A good head on his shoulders, that guy. He’s going places.
Anyway, […]

The Wrong Fork

In Blogging, Business, Community, Internet on 31 May 2007 with 8 comments

Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia has a great riff I’ve heard him deliver in several interviews. It goes something like this: A community site is like a dinner party. Most will kick you out for using the wrong fork.
Wales uses this metaphor to describe how much more elegant wikis are. And while I may quibble […]